Pomacea canaliculata(POMACA)
Distribution details in Mexico
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2013: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2009
First recorded in: 2009
First specimens were found in 2009 in a canal (Todo Mexicano) in Baja Califonia. Then found in several other locations in the same area. Thought to have spread to Mexican waters through the tributaries of the Colorado River from a population originally introduced in Yuma, Arizona (US) around 2005.
* Campos E, Ruiz-Campos G, Delgadillo J (2013) [First record of the exotic apple snail Pomacea canaliculata (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae) in Mexico, with remarks on its spreading in the Lower Colorado River]. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 84, 671-675 (in Spanish).
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States of America | Arizona | Present, no details | |
| United States of America | Texas | Absent, invalid record | |
| United States of America | California | Present, no details | |
| United States of America | Present, restricted distribution | ||
| United States of America | Florida | Present, few occurrences | |
| United States of America | Hawaii | Present, no details |